Where does “flacără” come from?

flacără (Romanian) comes from Latin flacula, from Latin facula, from Latin fax, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- — to shine.

flacără (Romanian): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “flacără”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinflacula—
2Latinfaculasmall torch
3Latinfaxtorch, firebrand; fireball, comet; cause of ruin,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʷʰeh₂k-to shine

Words derived from “flacără”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʷʰeh₂k- →Every word from Latin fax →Every word from Latin facula →
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